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bi·og·ra·phy    Audio Help   [bahy-og-ruh-fee, bee-] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -phies.
1.a written account of another person's life: the biography of Byron by Marchand.
2.an account in biographical form of an organization, society, theater, animal, etc.
3.such writings collectively.
4.the writing of biography as an occupation or field of endeavor.

[Origin: 1675–85; < Gk biographía. See bio-, -graphy]
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bi·og·ra·phy    Audio Help   (bī-ŏg'rə-fē)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. bi·og·ra·phies
  1. An account of a person's life written, composed, or produced by another: a film biography of Adlai Stevenson; an oral biography.
  2. Biographies considered as a group, especially when regarded as a genre.
  3. The writing, composition, or production of biographies: a career entirely devoted to biography.


[Late Greek biographiā : Greek bio-, bio- + Greek -graphiā, -graphy.]

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biography 
1683, probably from L. biographia, from Gk. bio- "life" (see bio-) + graphia "record, account," from graphein "to write." Biographia was not in classical Gk., though it is attested in later Gk. from c.500. Biopic (1951) is from "biographical picture."

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biography

noun
an account of the series of events making up a person's life 

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biography [baiˈogrəfi] nounplural biˈographies
a written account by someone of another person's life
Example: a biography of Nelson
Arabic: سيرَه، تَرْجَمَة حَياة
Chinese (Simplified): 传记
Chinese (Traditional): 傳記
Czech: životopis
Danish: biografi; levnedsskildring
Dutch: biografie
Estonian: elulugu
Finnish: elämäkerta
French: biographie
German: die Biographie
Greek: βιογραφία
Hungarian: életrajz
Icelandic: ævisaga
Indonesian: biografi
Italian: biografia
Japanese: 伝記
Latvian: biogrāfija
Lithuanian: biografija
Norwegian: biografi; livsløp
Polish: biografia
Portuguese (Brazil): biografia
Portuguese (Portugal): biografia
Romanian: biografie
Russian: биография
Slovak: životopis
Slovenian: biografija
Spanish: biografía
Swedish: biografi
Turkish: biyografi, yaşam öyküsü
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American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
biography

The story of someone's life. The Life of Samuel Johnson, by James Boswell, and Abraham Lincoln, by Carl Sandburg, are two noted biographies. The story of the writer's own life is an autobiography.


[Chapter:] Conventions of Written English


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Biography

Bi*og"ra*phy\, n.; pl. Biographies. [Gr. ?; ? life + ? to write: cf. F. biographie. See Graphic.]

1. The written history of a person's life.

2. Biographical writings in general.
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